About us

It’s the early ’70s, and Led Zeppelin have just released their 8-minute-long Stairway to Heaven. On a small University campus, a Physics student holds a shoebox and walks to a building that looks like a library. However, the building stores something weird: a thick, shiny machine called a “computer.” The student, who happens to be my father, takes a seat in front of the device. He opens the shoebox to reveal multiple pieces of stiff paper with holes in them. These punch cards were primitive software programs. One typo and he should re-punch an entire card.

Fast-forward 35 years. Information Technology has become a distinct hot field of study, and I’m majoring in Computer Science. Spending most of my time coding in front of a flat monitor, I’ve got rich text editors that point out potential errors before I even run my programs. Then, after a few keystrokes, I’ve got a fully functioning app with a graphical user interface ready – all while at the same time listening to Led Zeppelin crystal-clear in my web browser.

Fast-forward to the present day. My team moves in front of smart cameras that track our bodies, faces, and fingers. We are navigating into 3D digital worlds without “obsolete” devices like keyboards. Yet, I can still hear the Stairway on my tiny earphones.